Ameba Signs With Barcelona's SOL 90 For Spanish-language Content on Amebatv.com

Ameba, the Winnipeg-based IPTV system for kids entertainment, has signed with Barcelona-based Sol 90 to distribute Great Civilizations, a Spanish-language animated series on AmebaTV.com.

"This is an ideal destination for foreign-language content, and for producers and content holders to gain entrance into the North American market," said Ameba President Tony Havelka. "The market is eager for foreign-language entertainment and we are excited to have Sol 90's contribution to this important programming category in our developing library. This underscores our mission to offer a wide range of programming in a variety of languages."

A portal designed to deliver children's entertainment directly to television viewers via the Internet, AmebaTV.com will offer the 260-minute animated Great Civilizations in a variety of program lengths from interstitials to full episodes, all available for quick download and instant viewing. Targeting 8-12 year olds Great Civilizations was created to inspire children to learn more about the great civilizations of man.

"AmebaTV.com is a revolutionary way for us to introduce our property to Spanish-speaking North American audiences," said Ernesto Soto. "This is a new avenue for producers and content holders, who, like me, want to reach out to a diverse group of young viewers to share distinctive programs in their original form -- with no additional work!"

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First Time Attendee Ameba Heads To MIPCOM To Introduce Pioneering Kid's Entertainment Portal Amebatv.com

Ameba, the Winnipeg based IPTV system for kids entertainment will be attending MIPCOM and MIPCOM JR for the first time to introduce international attendees to Ameba. Ameba consists of: an entertainment portal - AmebaTV.com, an efficient and low cost internet delivery system, and an HD Set Top Box which all work seamlessly to deliver children's entertainment directly from the content rights holder to the viewer's television.

Ameba offers a diversity of delivery and revenue models to meet particular rights holder's distribution interests. Ameba grants rights holders complete control of delivery, cost and terms of rental, regional availability, and Digital Rights Management-this newest distribution system enforces your rules, collects fees, creates reports, and generates revenue.

Media: World Screen News

Ameba to Introduce Kids’ Entertainment Portal at MIPCOM

WINNIPEG, September 8: Making its first trip to MIPCOM and MIPCOM Jr., children’s IPTV service Ameba is unveiling its entertainment portal that allows parents to select titles and download content directly to a set-top box.

AmebaTV.com houses a number of children’s titles, which can be downloaded to the Ameba set-top box, allowing parents to choose the content that is available for children to watch. The company will head to MIPCOM looking for new content to add to the service, both from international and North American-based properties in any language.

"Ameba is a complete distribution platform for children's programming for content rights holders," said Tony Havelka, the president of Ameba. "We let rights holders control every aspect of the direct delivery of their properties to the viewers TV by making it simple to administer and very low cost."

—By Kristin Brzoznowski

Source: http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=ameba090808.htm

Media: Cynopsis Kids 09/8/08

Winnipeg based Ameba, a kid-targeted IPTV system, will attend Mipcom/Mipcom Jr for the first time next month where it will introduce its delivery system, AmebaTV .com, and HD set top box. Designed to give parents control over what their kids are watching, here's how AmebaTV.com works. Adults select titles from the AmebaTV.com website and download the content to it's set top box, then kids can choose what they want to watch from that list. Ameba is looking for additional content for AmebaTV.com, including both International and North American properties in any language. AmebaTV.com is not currently available for distribution.

Source: http://www.cynopsis.com/content/view/3796/53/